Battle of Chipana

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War of the Pacific
Chilean corvette Magallanes
Date April 12, 1879 Location near Huanillos, Bolivia (present day Chile) Result Indecisive
Belligerents
Chile	Peru
Commanders
Juan Jose Latorre	Aurelio Garcia
Strength
1 corvette	1 corvette, 1 gunboat
Casualties and losses
none	none

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The Naval Battle of Chipana took place on 12 April 1879 during the War of the Pacific between Chile and Peru. It was the first naval engagement between both navies and it took place in front of Huanillos, off the (then) Bolivian coast, as the Peruvian corvette Unión and gunboat Pilcomayo found the Chilean corvette Magallanes on its way to Iquique. After a two-hour running artillery duel, Unión suffered engine problems, the pursuit was called off and Magallanes escaped with minor damage.

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• War of the Pacific